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(No Model.)

M. A. GLYNN.

RAILWAY TIE.

No. 317,763. /Padtented May 12, 1885.

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MIGUEL AGUSTIN GLYNN, OF HAVANA, CUBA.

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$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,763, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed September 6, 1884. (No model.) v

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, MIGUEL AGUSTIN GLYNN, of Havana, Cuba, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Railway-Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct railway-ties of metal for cheapness and durability, and also to make them with means for securing the rails that will allow the removal of one or more ties from the road-bed and their renewal without disturbance of the others or the rails. To these ends I combine with metallic ties of suitable form fastening de- Vices that receive and lap over the rail-flanges, which flanges are notched, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a railway-bed, showing the improved ties. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and Fig. 4 a side View, of the tie in modified form; and Fig. 5 is an end View of tie constructed for use as a longitudinal sleeper, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal view of the same.

A is the tie, formed of sheet or wrought metal struck up or rolled into the U form shownin Figs. 1 and 2,and made with flanges a on its edges extending outward, so as to give a broad bearing, and to prevent the tie being The flanges also prevent, by the weight of the ballast on them,any rising or springing of the tie.

Upon the upper side of the tie are flanges or ribs 12, that are formed with or attached to the tie by any suitable means, and these flanges are cut or formed to lap upon the flanges of the rail B, so as to hold the latter securely down to place. The flanges of the rail are notched at each side at c, or there may be one notch of sufficient length in one flange, as at a, so that the rail can be set down upon made in the tie.

the fastening devices b are placed to adapt the tie for use as a longitudinal sleeper, but they may be applied to crossties.

In order to remove a tie from the road-bed, it is only necessary to remove the ballast fora short distance,and then move the tie sidewise until the fastenings are over the notches in the rail-flanges,when the tie can be dropped down and drawn out endwise. A new tie can then be inserted and the whole operation carried out without disturbing the rails, and as easily as with wooden ties.

I am aware that it is not new to construct ties of sheet metal of V or semi-cylindrical form and notch or 'cut out the upper side to receive the rail,or to provide movable fastenings for the rail. In such cases the rail has not a solid support on account of the opening In my tie the upper side is formed with a solid rib, and the rib is notched to form the hook-shaped fastenings, so that the tie proper is left intact to support the rail.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a metallic tie provided with fastenings that receive and lap over the rail-flanges and a rail having flanges notched, substantially as described.

MIGUEL AGUSTIN GLYNN.

Witnesses:

Jos. A. SPRINGER,

U. S. Consular Clerk. L. V. SCHMIDT. 

